by admin | Feb 10, 2008 | News
A chilling story told by a 40-year-old Columbia woman about her experiences in junior high has prompted lawmakers to consider ways to crack down on the sexual abuse of teachers. Amy Hester Davis has recounted her story before the House Education Committee. Davis...
by admin | Jan 15, 2008 | News
Missouri hopes to crack down on Internet harassment, but drafting legislation to fit the problem might be much tougher than first thought. A special task force began reviewing the topic in light of the Megan Meier tragedy. Megan was the St. Louis County teen-ager who...
by admin | Jan 8, 2008 | Politics / Govt
A teen-age suicide in St. Charles County drew national attention to a growing problem: harassment via the Internet. A special task force hopes to give lawmakers guidelines on how to address the problem. The tragic case of 13-year-old Megan Meier of Dardenne...
by admin | Jan 2, 2008 | Crime / Courts
A guilty plea brings to an end the saga of two murdered Independence children whose bodies were found, in September, in Sugar Creek. Daniel Porter, the children’s father, had failed to return Sam and Lindsey Porter to their mother’s custody following a...
by admin | Dec 21, 2007 | Crime / Courts
The federal prosecutor in St. Louis has prosecuted a record number of child pornography cases this year; 52 so far. Last year, prosecutor Catherine Hanaway and her staff prosecuted 34 cases last year. Hanaway credits the increase to a national effort started in...
